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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which friend of Judy's does the family stop to see right after her parents tell her about their plan for her to be able to keep going to school?
(a) Sally.
(b) JT.
(c) Nora.
(d) Margaret.

2. What drink does Marlee associate her brother David with?
(a) Coke.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Sweet iced tea on a hot summer day.
(d) Warm milk.

3. What is the name of the Nisbett's house maid?
(a) Muireann.
(b) Betty Jean.
(c) Marva.
(d) Angelique.

4. What is Marlee's family so pleased about that happened on Marlee's first day of school?
(a) Marlee was asked out by a boy she likes.
(b) Marlee won a race.
(c) Marlee aced a test.
(d) Marlee said two sentences, far more than she usually says in school.

5. Who do Marlee and Liz catch throwing eggs at Mrs. Jefferson's house on Halloween?
(a) David.
(b) JT and Red.
(c) Little Jimmy.
(d) Tommy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name Marlee uses when she telephones Liz?

2. Where do Marlee and Liz meet for the first time after Liz is forced to leave school?

3. What does Judy tell Marlee she needs to do in order to make good friends?

4. Who tells Marlee and her friends what really happened to Liz?

5. What does Betty Jean tell Marlee is the term for what Liz has done?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marlee do to cope with her anxiety when she is expected to speak to new people?

2. How does Marlee find out what really happened to Liz that prevents her from coming back to school?

3. How does Liz act when the colored students walk into the library where she and Marlee are preparing for their history project?

4. What does Ms. Taylor tell Marlee about the reason that Liz is not at school on the day they are supposed to present their history project?

5. How does Liz give Marlee her phone number so only Marlee will know what it is?

6. Why does Marlee choose to remain friends with Sally, even though Sally sometimes makes fun of her and mistreats her?

7. How does Marlee's father react when Marlee's mother tells him she has accepted a position to teach at a private school?

8. What does Marlee discover her new math teacher, Mr. Harding, does differently than her previous math teacher on her first day of school?

9. What does Marlee notice about the scientists she sees on T.V. who are involved in space exploration?

10. When Governor Faubus orders the schools in Little Rock to close, how do Marlee's parents react to the news?

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